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Office of Law Registrar & Academic Services
Incoming First Year Information
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Timeline & Important Information
Welcome First Year Students:
Congratulations on your acceptance to law school. Below you will find the law registrar/academic services timeline and important information. We look forward to meeting you in August.
- Week of July 18, 2011
- Registration process of incoming 1Ls begins [we will not be able to register students with holds (citizenship verification, immunization, residency, parking fines, etc.)] This is a "tentative" schedule for the Fall 2011 semester. Although we will try to keep students in their original sections, we may need to move students around as people inform us they are not coming. Therefore, your "tentative" schedule is subject to change. On Friday, August 5, your schedule will be finalized.
- July 20, 2011
- "Tentative" schedule available on VIP. VIP, the Visual Information Processing system, may be accessed on-line through any computer at vip.sc.edu. IMPORTANT: First time users of VIP must click onto the link on the VIP homepage labeled NEW STUDENT USER on the right to gain access.
- If you do not have a schedule it may be due to a hold on your registration such as citizenship verification, immunization, residency or parking. To check for a hold, login to VIP, choose academics, then registration eligibility.
- WARNING: First year students cannot change their schedules. Please do not buy books with this schedule.
- July 20, 2011
- Tuition bill and fee payment available on VIP
- July 20, 2011
- Law School Student Handbook test will be emailed to new students. Incoming 1Ls are required to take a test on the law school student handbook to become better acquainted with the administration and academic rules. The test is mandatory and must be completed by Wednesday, August 10, 2011.
- Instructions will be sent to your University email account. To establish the account, login to VIP, choose technology, then click onto network username which will appear in the center of the page. Your email address will be network
username@email.sc.edu. Below your network username, you must create a password to access your email. Once you have established your account, you can access your email by going to www.outlook.com. - WARNING: Any official law school email from the law registrar/academic services office will be sent to your University email account, no third party accounts will be used (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc).
- August 5, 2011
- "Final" schedule available on VIP. Please use this schedule to purchase books from the bookstores.
- August 5, 2011
- Mail-in payments must be received in the Bursar's Office (518 Main Street) by this date.
- Check assignment board (located on the first floor across from the law school bookstore, room 136) and/or the law school's website for possible class assignments.
- August 10, 2011
- Deadline for completing the Law School Student Handbook test
- August 16-17, 2011
- First Year Orientation
- August 18, 2011
- Classes begin
- August 19, 2011
- Cancellation of classes due to non-payment of fees
Additional Information or Frequently Asked Questions
Contact Information:
Romona Keith, Law Registrar/Director of Academic Services
Beth Downs, Student Services Program Coordinator
Office phone: 803-777-5221; Office fax: 803-777-1930; Office email: lawreg@law.sc.edu